Nicole is preparing to be honoured with an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday.
And ahead of the occasion, the Academy Award winner, 56, took to Instagram with a throwback clip from one of her early roles on Wednesday.
The Australian actress looked unrecognisable, appearing as a frizzy-haired aspiring actress in the 1983 film ‘Bush Christmas’.
In the film, Nicole played the role of Helen Thompson, the daughter of a cattle farmer in rural Australia at the age of 14.
The gig served as Nicole’s first professional film role.
Nicole Kidman, 56, (pictured) shared a throwback clip of herself acting at age 14 on Thursday as she prepares to receive an AFI Lifetime Achievement Award
‘This 14 year old girl could have never predicted all the talented people she would get to work with and the many different characters she would get to play,’ she captioned the post.
‘So excited to celebrate with so many friends and peers on Saturday with the @AmericanFilmInstitue xx.’
The Academy Award winner has previously reflected fondly upon her time filming Bush Christmas, telling W Magazine that she used to eat witchetty grubs on the movie’s Queensland set.
The Australian actress looked unrecognisable, appearing as a frizzy-haired aspiring actress in the 1983 film ‘Bush Christmas ‘
‘I was 14, it was shooting out in the bush in Queensland, and I got to eat witchetty grubs. Do you know what witchetty grubs are? They are worms that live in the earth, and they’re a milky white color, and I eat them in the film,’ she boasted.
‘I wanted to eat them! I was excited to do that. I’m one of those people. I could go on ‘Survivor’ and I wouldn’t be good at the climbing and all of the physical stuff, but I could eat anything,’ she quipped.
Nicole added: ‘Just so you know. That’s my secret skill. Give me a cockroach, I’ll eat it! Spider, I’ll eat it! You name it, I’ve tried it. I’m adventurous.’
‘This 14 year old girl could have never predicted all the talented people she would get to work with and the many different characters she would get to play,’ she captioned the post’
Nicole is gearing up to make history as the first Australian to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award this weekend.
First presented in 1973, Nicole will be the 49th recipient.
The Australian actress has worked with some of biggest filmmakers of the era in her four-decade career including Stanley Kubrick, George Miller, Sofia Coppola, Jane Campion, Sydney Pollack and Lars von Trier.
Nicole is gearing up to make history as the first Australian to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award this weekend
Among Nicole’s major films are, To Die For (1995), Lion (2016) and the Baz Luhrmann’s Australia (2008) and Moulin Rouge! (2001) – for which she earned a Best Actress Oscar nod.
Nicole, who has continued to win praise from fans, peers and critics for her versatility is one of the most honoured actresses of her generation.
Her accolades include six Golden Globe awards, one BAFTA, two prime time Emmys and an Academy Award for Best Actress for the Hours in 2003.
